Aspiring university students whose families earn less than $54,000 a year will be guaranteed a place in a degree if they meet admission benchmarks under sweeping reforms to increase the number of people of working age with a higher qualification.
The universities accord, released on Sunday by Education Minister Jason Clare, has ambitions to turn around entrenched enrolment patterns that deter students from poor families and rural and regional areas from even considering going to university.
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